Improving Compliance Among Elderly Polypharmacy Users Through Community Pharmacy Based Pharmaceutical Care Program

The aim of the project is to evaluate effectiveness of a multidimensional pharmaceutical care plan in improving compliance among elderly polypharmacy users at community pharmacy settings. The specific objective of the project is to determine effects of pharmaceutical care program on medication adherence and persistence among elderly polypharmacy users.

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Key information

Conditions

Polypharmacy

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Ringkøbing Løve Apotek

Ringkøbing, 6950, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Both men and woman aged more than 65 years and taking more than 2 drugs

Exclusion criteria

Inhabitants of nursing homes
People receiving unit dose dispensing of medicine

Treatment and study plan

Pharmaceutical Care Program

Other

The pharmaceutical care program consists of 2 elements, that includes individualized medication education and regular follow up

Primary outcomes

change in medication adherence from run-in to the end of phase 1

Time frame: 6 months
persistence of mean medication adherence

Time frame: 12 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ringkobing Love Apotek

Other

Collaborators

Ministry of Health and Prevention

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2009
Primary completion: 2011
Study completion: 2011
First posted: Jun 9, 2009
Registry last updated: Jun 14, 2011

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